Tuesday:
After reading a fun story about Mice hunting for Easter Eggs...we made some eggs of our own!
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| Dot painting eggs...such great artists I have! |
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| Egg-celent! |
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| Thank you to this mama...she helped me get those sweet feet painted, laminated, and cut so you could have a footprint carrot for your fridge! It is hard to believe those stinky feet will never be this small again! |
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| Many of you thought I was kidding when I said I was going to blow Peeps up in the microwave! Well...I wasn't! We began our experiment with predicting what would happen when I put the Peeps in the microwave. Many said they would burn, explode, melt, and get hot. These were all amazing predictions. |
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| This was a great way to teach that heat expands things. We talked about how when the Peeps got hot they grew...but when they weren't hot anymore...they shrunk back down. We also had a fun time recalling how we have roasted marshmallows before and we noticed that they got big too! And of course caught fire! :) |
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| Just look at that giant Peep! The marshmallow...not my tummy! ;) |
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| The kiddos got to eat some Peeps. |
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| If you try this at home...the chicks seem to grow more than the bunnies for some reason. |
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| Math Time... Let's sort some jelly beans. I love sorting things! This is for color recognition...1:1 counting...problem solving...and even fine motor (those beans roll everywhere!) |
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| So proud! Remember this is a great activity that can be suited for all levels. Simple 1:1 counting (individual colors to counting them all together) to challenging when using words like least and most and simple adding (how many red and black beans do you have altogether) |
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| Does it surprise you that I sent this activity home?? Let your kiddos show you what they know! |
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| Math time with carrots. The kiddos could either read the number or count the lines on the carrot to see how many carrot leaves they needed to add. Many found this fun way (pictured above) to match the leaves to the lines. |
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| LOVE that counting! |
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| Yes sweet girl...Perfection! |
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| Driving the E! A fun way for kiddos to trace letters is to use cars! I found this cool link for all of the letters and numbers...you can print them out if you like! http://www.makinglearningfun.com/themepages/RacecarABCcards.htm |
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| I touched on it with the kiddos that sometimes letters can make more than 1 sound. Yes...this is a tricky concept at this age...but it is good to introduce it to them. Ee is for eyes! |
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| I love when they peel stickers! Such a fun fine motor activity. |
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| Jelly Bean Prayer...I sent this home with the kiddos as a gift from me. We spent a lot of time talking about the meaning of Easter (more than just egg hunts and bunnies). Here is the link to my favorite website that helps me incorporate the bible into my classroom themes. http://preschoolpost.com/blogupdate/2013/03/27/easter-bible-lesson/ Our Verse for the week was: Matthew 28:6"He is not here; he has risen," What a fun day we had together! We also finished up Jane Yolen and Mark Teague. I sent home an author Biography for each author/illustrated. Take a look and read it with your kiddo! Happy Easter! Enjoy your time off! |
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